No Other Typewriter Can Do This

Modern Mechanix blog spotted this in a copy of Ye Olde (1918!) National Geographic Magazine: an advertisement for a typewriter with variable fonts.

No Other Typewriter Can Do This—

Change instantly from

Miniature Roman to Large Gothic.

Medium Roman to Italics.

Vertical Script to CLARENDON.

English to Russian.

TURKISH TO PUNJABI.

This can be done by “Just Turning the Knob” on the Multiplex Hammond “Writing Machine”

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Minnesotastan.

Albeit an ancient device, I would love to own one.

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quite telling that the original ad does what the text says, and on this page in our 2009 technological brilliance, the text typed on this page looked boring and did not do what the 1918 machine offered.
i too would like to even see one.

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Hmmmm, Memo-Gate Alert: somebody dust this machine for fingerprints to see if Dan Rather's or Mary Mapes's are on it!

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Neatorama: Font of the Offkey.

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Predecessor of the IBM typewriter and its type ball. Was and always will be the best.

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This WAS a long time ago. Now, there IS no 637 E. 69th St in Manhattan, which is New York, NY. That address is in the middle of the East River.

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Thankfully, no Comic Sans.

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I want one! I have a Underwood Portable from the 20's but the carriage return needs some work. This thing is awesome. The fact that this one is only eleven pounds is also awesome. My "portable" weighs a ton.